colewort
- noun
- /ˈkoʊlˌwɜrt/
- Archaic
- The colewort is often used in traditional dishes.
Examples
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The chilly climate is perfect for growing colewort in the winter months.
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She picked fresh colewort from the garden to use in her soup recipe.
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Unlike regular cabbages, colewort does not form a tight head and its leaves remain open.
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I found some fresh coleworts at the farmer's market.
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The farmer harvested the colewort, enjoying its robust flavor in his vegetable dishes.
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In traditional cooking, colewort is often used to add a hearty texture to soups and stews.
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She planted colewort in her garden because it thrives in cool weather and adds variety to her vegetable patch.
Synonyms
A leafy vegetable like cabbage that people or animals eat and farmers grow
A hardy green vegetable with curly leaves like cabbage
A leafy cabbage with coarse curly leaves often used in Scottish cooking
A hardy leafy vegetable like kale with thick curly leaves that do not form a head
A leafy vegetable like cabbage with tough curly leaves
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Colewort comes from two old English parts: cole, meaning 'cabbage' or 'kale', and wort, meaning 'plant' or 'herb'. So colewort is literally a 'cabbage plant', which fits this hardy vegetable with open, curly leaves instead of a tight cabbage head.